Wednesday, July 21, 2010

you'll never ever be my peer

Peer by m3d1um

#073 - Peer - 2010

As I mentioned previously, I'm working on "Wristbreaker" which is your favorite album ever. I mean, how could it not be? This is one of my favorite jamz I've ever written due to the fact that it includes gasoline, trampoline & monkey references, combined surfing and anarchy references, a declaration to unicorns, a wizard of Oz reference and possibly one of my favorite hooks. The true meaning(s) behind this song are many and I will not get into it but let's just say that someone said something unkind once and it stuck in my head so I had to purge it. Random thought: I hope someday someone writes fan fiction about my band...that would be incredibly epic. Oh, this song has lots of guitars and I had to cut some out because the mix was muddy. I hope you like it. I'm now caught up.

if there's no easter bunny then that joke wasn't funny to me

The Slacker Song by m3d1um

#072 - The Slacker Song - 2010

So I wrote this a few weeks ago while I was thinking about Pavement & listening to lots (or some) Weezer. I realized after the fact that it's almost kind of Blue Album sounding which I like. I dig the vibe of it and it's different from a lot of the jamz in that it's kind of happy. I know that sounds bad but the reality is I write a lot of sad sounding songs due to where I used to pull from. I'm changing that a bit or at least trying and this is an example of one of those songs as is "Oh Fuck...We Got Cats & Blue Rainbows Tattooed on our Backs Because We Were Really Fucking Hammered." or "Blue Rainbows, Pt. 2" for short which has never been or never will be released and has not even been written. Now that I've thoroughly confused you, please enjoy El Slacker Song. I'm actually almost caught up thanks to my terrible illness so I might post about one of the albums tomorrow.

i've got a broken wrist...

Broken Wrist by m3d1um

#071 - Broken Wrist - 2010

In January I was working a ton and exhausted and noticed early in the year or late in 2009 (I can't remember) that there was something going on with my wrist. It was incredibly frightening because when you google health problems you always get led to cancer. So, I was exhausted, couldn't play guitar because it hurt very badly and I thought I had cancer. Additionally, I was starting to have problems with other areas of my life and the days were rough. If you fast forward to a month or so ago, I was thinking about this time and it amazed me how messy I was. This inspired me to start working an album that was intentionally sloppy/heavy/chaotic basically mimicking how I felt from December - March (up until I wrote Hey, Angel... which was the turning point). So, "Wristbreaker" which is named as an homage to one of the best records ever made may or may not be released in the near future. So far two tracks are done and I really like it although I've shamed myself a bit as I had originally intended every song to be as lyrically incoherent as "tourette's" by Nirvana and I wussed out (similar to the infamous remixing of In Utero to be more radio friendly). So yeah, "Broken Wrist" is short, heavy and chaotic and I really adore the songs coming from these sessions because they are just so raw and every time I record one I just think about how awesome it will be to play live because they are so fast and chaotic. Anyway, longer post. Hope you like.

i need her to cut me deeper so i can start to feel again

Emotional Masochism by m3d1um

#070 - Emotional Masochism - 2004

So in 2003-2004 I conceptualized this album of songs about the fact that, at the time, I had a tendency to throw myself into volatile relationships with the complete intention of getting hurt in order to push myself into a certain emotional state/mindset in order to drive my creativity. Is that a healthy way to approach life? um no. Did I do it anyway? yes because I had some tendencies in my 20s to be slightly irresponsible in regards to my own well being. So, long story short I came up with the name for the album long before I wrote the title track but the hook is actually one that I liked enough to finish the full song. More on the whole album a little later. There is a 99% chance it's going to come out first next year and thus, I will be talking about it a lot in the coming months. I hope you dig this. To me, it kind of feels New Adventures in Hi-fi at times which I didn't intend but works for me.

Sunday, July 18, 2010

i use you like i used them all

So I've been sick/busy with work/traveling and so my song output has been limited. More coming soon. For now please ponder the words to this song and see if you can understand the brilliance of this man (because many don't get it and even the ones who do miss most of it).



Dedicated to only a few...

Sunday, July 4, 2010

oh fuck we're up all night again

Blue Rainbows by m3d1um

#069 - Blue Rainbows aka Oh Fuck...We've Got Cats! - 2010

I like this song so much I named it twice. This was written for one of my friends because she a) randomly said "Oh Fuck...We've Got Cats" one night and b) because she helped me through some really painful stuff earlier in the year when I needed it and my way of thanking people generally involves creating something for them. It's really just how I function and I see it as no big deal. Anyway, because of how this song actually turned out (it started off as a joke), I'm actually pretty pleased with it. Also, it was heavily influenced by Rick Springfield. I hope you like it because it's kind of got this whole metal-ish epic punk rock thing going. Oh and I actually worked on this overnight the night I recorded it which is kind of funny considering the hook.

every single morning I wake and pray for peace

The Garden by m3d1um

#068 - The Garden - 2005

I wrote this in 2005. It's part of "The Reason" album. This is a new recording and I like the dark slant on it. That project is still ongoing and might be done at some point because I've kind of found a new liking for those tunes. We'll see how it progresses. I remember a lot about writing this because it kind of started out as similar song about painkillers and then it morphed into this whole spiritual thing. The first verse structure is different from the others because (I think) I started it at one point and finished it later. It works though. I hope you enjoy it.

fucked up by the chaos in the city streets below

Grenade by m3d1um

#067 - Grenade - 2005

This song is pretty much a combination of 2 things: 1) a tune I wrote in 2008 that used to be known as "Holocaust" when The Blistering Hearts rocked it out. 2) Lyrics/Hook that I wrote in 2005. I usually give songs the date that I first conceptualized them. Anyway, I like the guitars on this sort of but when I rerecord it there's going to be an overhaul because I actually feel like here are lots of things about this one that I don't really like that much. On that happy note, I hope you DO actually like it! Going to keep blogging this afternoon until I get caught up.

you're not my everything

We're Not Unique by m3d1um

#066 - We're Not Unique - 2010

So sometimes I pull songs out of nowhere. This was one of those. I was messing around and I just wrote this in like and hour. Listening to it again, I actually really like it and it's probably going to end up more flushed out when I do the next rev. Totally fits with the whole Space Opera vibe and right now it's looking like that's where it'll end up. Um, not much else to say except that I threw in some horns. Rawk.

Saturday, July 3, 2010

yesterday i saw an angel when i looked into your eyes

Angel by m3d1um

#065 - Angel - 1996

This is the first song I ever wrote on guitar and the lyrics pretty much prove that I wrote it when I was much younger. I decided to rerecord it because I felt like bringing it back around. Not sure if it will ever end up on an album but I figured it'd fit in okay with the 100 demos. My first band rocked this a lot and also it was pretty much played to death around 1997-1998 because I still sucked at guitar (well I still suck at guitar but I sucked a lot worse then). This is pretty rough around the edges but what the hell right? Hope you dig it. I'm actually almost caught up until I release like 4 songs tomorrow. Oh and this was totally written while dreaming about a girl from HS. I've totally been too deep since I was young. lol.